Archive - Oct 26, 2012

October 26, 2012

By MARTHA SMITH
Special to the Standard

EXETER â Barbara Bates remembers the Grange rite of passage in the mid-1950s during which kids whoâd reached 14 could graduate from the âjuvenileâ group and join the adults in the âsubordinateâ division.
During her ceremony â which had just enough secrecy and formality to make it memorable â a portion of the proceedings occurred in a darkened room.

October 26, 2012

By

Catherine M. Hewitt

SOUTH KINGSTOWN â Unexplained phenomena continue to haunt the historic village of South Kingstown, the area once known as Little Rest Hill. Among the anecdotes from living residents are books flying from shelves, the eerie sounds of rattling chains, and loud voices in empty attic rooms.